How to Play If I Can't Have You on Guitar?

Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You can be played in the key of F using the Am, F, Em, Dm chords. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play If I Can't Have You with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Shawn Mendes - If I Can’t Have You Chords

Chord reference Am, F, Em, Dm

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[F]I’m in Toronto and I [Em]got this [Am]view But I [Dm]might as well be in a [Em]hotel room, yeah [F]It doesn’t matter ’cause I’m [Em]so [Am]consumed Spending [Dm]all my nights reading [Em]texts from you

[F]Oh, I’m good at [Em]keeping my [Am]distance I [Dm]know that you’re the [Em]feeling I’m missing You [F]know that I [Em]hate to admit [Am]it But [F]everything means [Em]nothing if I [Dm]can’t have you

[F]I can’t [Em]write one [Dm]song that’s [Em]not about [F]You can’t [Em]drink [Dm]without [Em]thinking about [F]you Is [Em]it too [Dm]late to [Em]tell you that [F]Everything means [Em]nothing if I [Dm]can’t have you [F]I can’t [Em]write one [Dm]song that’s [Em]not about [F]You can’t [Em]drink [Dm]without [Em]thinking about [F]you Is [Em]it too [Dm]late to [Em]tell you that [F]Everything means [Em]nothing if I [Dm]can’t have you

[F]I’m so sorry that my [Em]timing’s [Am]off But I [Dm]can’t move on if we’re still [Em]gonna talk [F]Is it wrong for me to [Em]not want [Am]half? I want [Dm]all of you, all the [Em]strings attached

[F]I’m trying to move [Em]on, forget [Am]you, but I hold on [Dm]Everything means nothing, [Em]everything means nothing, babe [F]I’m trying to move [Em]on, forget [Am]you, but I hold on [F]Everything means [Em]nothing if I [Dm]can’t have you

Artist Shawn Mendes

Album Shawn Mendes

Genres Pop

Year 2018

Key F

Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You can be played in the key of F using the Am, F, Em, Dm chords.

For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play If I Can't Have You with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.